State of Emergency declared as Arizona wildfires burn over 200,000 acres
June 7th, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by BNO News
PHOENIX, ARIZONA (BNO NEWS) -- Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Tuesday declared a State of Emergency as massive wildfires have expanded to over 200,000 acres.The uncontrolled Wallow Fire, which broke out in ... Read more...
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India-flagged cargo ship adrift in North Pacific; 28 crew safe (Lead)
December 21st, 2009 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 21 (IANS) US coast guard has mounted emergency efforts to rescue 28 crew members of an India-flagged 740-foot bulk cargo ship, APJ Suryavir, as it drifted about 865 ... Read more...
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India-flagged cargo ship adrift in North Pacific
December 21st, 2009 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 21 (IANS) The US Coast Guard has mounted emergency efforts to rescue 28 crew members of an India-flagged 740-ft bulk cargo ship APJ Suryavir as it Monday drifted about 540 ... Read more...
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30 killed as school building collapses in Haiti (Second Lead)
November 8th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Port-au-Prince, Nov 8 (DPA) At least 30 students were killed and more 100 injured when a school building collapsed in the Petion Ville suburb of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.The Evangelical Promise school in ... Read more...
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Haiti school building collapse toll touches 30 (Lead)
November 8th, 2008 - 8:31 am ICT by IANS
Port-au-Prince, Nov 8 (DPA) The death toll in the school building collapse in the Petion Ville suburb of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince Friday has touched 30, while more than 100 were injured, Haitian ... Read more...
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Seven killed as school building collapses in Haiti
November 8th, 2008 - 5:02 am ICT by IANS
Port-au-Prince, Nov 8 (DPA) At least seven people, including several children, died when a school building collapsed Friday in the Petion Ville suburb of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, while an unspecified number were ... Read more...
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Fight against hunger ‘cannot fail’ : UN chief
June 4th, 2008 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Rome, June 4 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday at a world food summit in Rome that the fight against global hunger was "only just beginning." "We simply cannot fail," ... Read more...
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